Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Foreword: The Bantaba! Initiation of Purpose
Preface
Introduction: When, Where, and How We Enter
PART I: HOT FEET AND LOCAL HISTORIES
SAUCE!: Conjuring the African Dream in America through Dance
Dance Rooted in the Movements of Bedford-Stuyvesant: Two Choreographers, One Aesthetic Tradition
From Warm-up to Dobale in Philadelphia: Embodying “Community” Meaning in a West African Dance Class
PART II: THE ELDERS’ WORK AND WORKS
Ago! Ame!: Baba Chuck Speaks!
The “Gospel” of Memory: Inscribed Bodies in the African Diaspora
Kankouran West African Dance Company, Washington, D.C.
Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago: 1972–2018 and Still Thriving
Kumbuka African Drum and Dance Collective: In the City and a Prison of New Orleans
“The Fierce Freedom of Their Souls”: Activism of African Dance in the Oakland Bay Area
The African Choreographer’s Envisioning
Mentoring Notes on African Diaspora Dance Styles and Continuity
PART III: PERPETUAL MOTION IN THE AESTHETICS OF AFRICA
Embodying Rhythm: Improvisation as Agency in African Dance
From Village to International Stage: Baamaaya and the Politics of Adaptation
Men Walk in Parallel!: Dancing in Chuck Davis’s “Paths”
Selected Bibliography
Contributors
Index
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